It was a delightfully crazy weekend 2 weeks ago–a major celebration cake, then dessert for 35 at another major celebration. I, as usual, wanted to make something tasty but not sugar or fat overload. The main course, cooked by someone … Continue reading
The existence of a celebration cake represents an event to be celebrated, but the way in which it is decorated can symbolise something quite specific about that event. A few weeks ago, myself and a friend–also a keen cook–had the … Continue reading
When I was a little girl I remember not really liking strawberries–they always seemed tart–but I was so not wanting to miss out that I would swallow them whole rather than give them to my brothers who obviously loved them. … Continue reading
Asparagus. Or sparrow grass as I called it as a child. Last week we noticed that asparagus had hit the market shelves. Fresh, local asparagus at $5 a kg as a basis for RLC was an opportunity to be exploited. … Continue reading
Last Saturday lunch was not random. Last Saturday lunch was planned. In the diary, “locked in going to happen” planned. Lunch at my Aunt and Uncle’s home in an oasis of a garden in the dairy country of Gippsland is … Continue reading
The goal is to partake of Random Lunch Challenge each Saturday (market day) but sometimes it just doesn’t get there. Last Saturday the ball was dropped. RLC was pipped to the post by something called The Grand Final–the play-off game … Continue reading